It rises 5,642 metres above the sea level.
#MT EREBUS DEBRIS PATCH#
The snow-capped ridges marking the watershed are visible as a white border Elbrus is the white patch to the north of it.Įlbrus is situated in the northwest of the Caucasus, 100 kilometres from the Black Sea and 370 kilometres from the Caspian Sea, which is visible from Elbrus on exceptionally clear days. Geography Situation Satellite view of the Western Caucasus. Circassians use the name "Uash-ha Makhua" which means "The mountain of happiness", The name "Mingi Taw" used by Karachays and Balkars means "Eternal Mountain" in Turkic languages. Harā may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from Indo-European * ser ("protect"). Bṛzatī is the feminine form of the adjective * bṛzant ("high"), the reconstructed ancestor of Modern Ossetian bærzond ("high", "peak"), Modern Persian barz ("high"), berāzande ("elegant"), and boland ("high", "tall"), and Modern Kurdish barz ("high"). Harā Bərəzaitī reflects Proto-Iranian * Harā Bṛzatī, which was reformed into Middle Persian as Harborz, and into Modern Persian as Alborz. The name is derived from Avestan Harā Bərəzaitī, a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology. The name Elbrus / ˈ ɛ l b r ə s/ seems to have a connection with Alborz (also called Elburz), which is also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran. Crauford Grove and including Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker and the Swiss guide Peter Knubel. The eastern summit was first ascended on 10 July 1829 by a Circassian man named Khillar Khashirov, and the western summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by F. The taller, western summit is 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) the eastern summit is 5,621 metres (18,442 ft). The mountain stands in Southern Russia, in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.Įlbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The dormant volcano rises 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level it is the highest stratovolcano in Eurasia, as well as the 10th-most prominent peak in the world. It is situated in the western part of the Caucasus and is the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains. Mount Elbrus is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. (West summit) 1874, by Florence Crauford Grove, Frederick Gardner, Horace Walker and the guides Peter Knubel and 22 July 1829 by Killar Khashirov
Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-CherkessiaĮlbrus and Upper Baksan Valley by EWP
Location of Mount Elbrus on the Earth Show map of Earth
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